Phatscotty wrote:In 1640, Virginia's first recorded legislation barred black people from owning guns.﻿ From that point forward, history is replete with examples of gun control laws aimed exclusively at disarming blacks, which made it easier to enslave them and, in the years following slavery, to terrorize them and lynch them without meaningful resistance. The law-abiding black citizen has been and continues to be a victim of those who would deny them the right to keep and bear arms.

Isn't that why they didn't get to have guns? Isn't the slavery a bigger problem than the guns? Are you suggesting that it would have made sense to drag people from Africa in dreadful conditions, buy and sell them, and then say "Hey, have a gun if you like."?

And remember what the poet said – “in booty there is loot, and in loot booty.” Or sump’n like that.

jonesthecurl wrote:Isn't that why they didn't get to have guns? Isn't the slavery a bigger problem than the guns? Are you suggesting that it would have made sense to drag people from Africa in dreadful conditions, buy and sell them, and then say "Hey, have a gun if you like."?

Jonesy, guns are a curative elixir. They are effectively like the fountain of youth.

jonesthecurl wrote:Isn't that why they didn't get to have guns? Isn't the slavery a bigger problem than the guns? Are you suggesting that it would have made sense to drag people from Africa in dreadful conditions, buy and sell them, and then say "Hey, have a gun if you like."?

I don't understand your question, but I'll give it a "shot"

It's easier to enslave someone who cannot defend themselves. It's easier to defend yourself if you have a weapon.

Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

Care to clarify?

Read again and note the punctuation.

Okay. Well the USA is a great place actually. Maybe better than Canada even!

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

Care to clarify?

Read again and note the punctuation.

Okay. Well the USA is a great place actually. Maybe better than Canada even!

.........except you need to be armed all the time or you will be killed, unless this is just right wing paranoid propaganda. You be the judge

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

Care to clarify?

Read again and note the punctuation.

Okay. Well the USA is a great place actually. Maybe better than Canada even!

.........except you need to be armed all the time or you will be killed, unless this is just right wing paranoid propaganda. You be the judge

You are better able to protect yourself and your family if you are armed, yes. That is not propaganda or paranoia though, it's common sense.

notyou2 wrote:Is the US really that bad a place that you have to constantly watch your back and arm yourself lest someone jump out and harm you, or is this just paranoid propaganda by the armed to the teeth (plus a small wagon to carry the rest) paranoids?

If I lived in that scarey a place, I'd move to some place safer like Canada.

I don't get what you mean. Who said USA is this bad a place that one has to constantly watch their back and arm themself lest someone jump out and harm them? What is the propaganda you refer too?

Care to clarify?

Read again and note the punctuation.

Okay. Well the USA is a great place actually. Maybe better than Canada even!

.........except you need to be armed all the time or you will be killed, unless this is just right wing paranoid propaganda. You be the judge

You are better able to protect yourself and your family if you are armed, yes. That is not propaganda or paranoia though, it's common sense.

How many family members were accidently injured or killed by firearms in the USA last year ?